Jitlada | |
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Restaurant information | |
Owner(s) | Jazz Singsanong |
Food type | Southern Thai cuisine |
Street address | 5233 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California |
Jitlada ( Thai: จิตลดา) is a Thai restaurant in Thai Town, Los Angeles, notable for its spicy dishes. [1] [2] [3] [4] Opened in a Sunset Boulevard strip mall in the 1970s, the restaurant was purchased in 2007 by siblings Suthiporn “Tui” Sungkamee ( Thai: สุทธิพร "ตุ๋ย" สังขมี) and Sarintip “Jazz” Singsanong ( Thai: ศรินทิพย์ "แจ๊ส" สิงห์สนอง). [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Raised in Nakhon Si Thammarat province in Southern Thailand, Sungkamee and Singsanong specialized in Southern Thai cuisine, including dishes that emphasized turmeric, chili peppers, and Thai herbs. [10] [11] [12] [13] Sungkamee died in 2017, age 67. [14] [15]
Jitlada has been featured on two episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, the third season of Food Paradise, season two of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and The Migrant Kitchen. [16] [17]
Jitlada | |
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Restaurant information | |
Owner(s) | Jazz Singsanong |
Food type | Southern Thai cuisine |
Street address | 5233 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California |
Jitlada ( Thai: จิตลดา) is a Thai restaurant in Thai Town, Los Angeles, notable for its spicy dishes. [1] [2] [3] [4] Opened in a Sunset Boulevard strip mall in the 1970s, the restaurant was purchased in 2007 by siblings Suthiporn “Tui” Sungkamee ( Thai: สุทธิพร "ตุ๋ย" สังขมี) and Sarintip “Jazz” Singsanong ( Thai: ศรินทิพย์ "แจ๊ส" สิงห์สนอง). [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Raised in Nakhon Si Thammarat province in Southern Thailand, Sungkamee and Singsanong specialized in Southern Thai cuisine, including dishes that emphasized turmeric, chili peppers, and Thai herbs. [10] [11] [12] [13] Sungkamee died in 2017, age 67. [14] [15]
Jitlada has been featured on two episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, the third season of Food Paradise, season two of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and The Migrant Kitchen. [16] [17]